Chinese Four-Panel Coromandel Screen, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the four panels each depicting a beautiful maiden on a white ground, the lower section decorated with mythical creatures and the top sections featuring an arrangement of scholarly accoutrements and archaic vessels, the reverse of the screen depicting a garden scene on a black field, h. 81", overall, w. 88". Provenance: A. Hartman, Rare Art, New York, New York, 1981.

Some wear associated with age, material and use. Scattered flaking, areas of craquelure, shrinkage, and minor losses to lacquer and pigment throughout. Hinges and edges reveal evidence of possible old restorative campaigns. One of the hinges on the far left panel is missing a side, while another on the far right is missing a screw.